"Despicable."
The priest's eyes widened instantly. The composure vanished from his face, and his shrill, broken scream was swallowed halfway by the blast.
The Steam Tank beneath him also fell silent. Occasionally, round objects were lobbed through its hatch. After a series of muffled explosions, black smoke slowly began to rise from it.
"What was that?"
"I heard it's Castel's new weapon. It has grenade launcher and mortar modes. That was the grenade launcher just now."
Gwen's voice came from nearby.
The Duchy of Tis soldiers did not stop. They pulled out more grenades and stuffed them into the grenade launchers. These simple weapons could be fired handheld by bracing them against the ground. If they needed mortar mode, they could also unfold the bipods.
The soldiers only wanted to fire as quickly as possible, launching directly from the ground. Naturally, the grenades were less accurate that way.
But the sheer quantity was staggering.
Both Steam Tanks were engulfed in flames. Just as the smoke from the explosions began to clear, the second wave of grenades flew in.
BOOM!!!
The explosions erupted again. The soldiers reloaded for a third time without hesitation, but several enormous black shadows suddenly emerged through the smoke.
"Careful, there's another Steam Tank!"
The Steam Tank lurched out crookedly. One of its wheels was gone, its turret had jammed, and its armor plates were scorched black.
Yet it was still moving forward.
"Tch, these grenades aren't much of a threat to tanks. I thought they'd at least blow them up enough to stop them moving."
"They might work against internal combustion engines, but Steam Engines aren't that fragile." Nora shook her head and opened fire.
She and Gwen had been waiting here for quite some time.
Two shells fired at close range instantly turned the Steam